Consequences Of Change In Peter Howitt's Film Sliding Doors

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Newton’s third law of physics state that “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” This can be applied to the universal concept of change and indicates that all choices have rippling effects in life, which shape the consequences of change we experience, be it positive or negative. Ideas of these consequences vary as every individual’s experience throughout their life depends entirely upon their reaction, resulting from the context. Peter Goldsworthy’s novel Maestro expresses how the accumulation of experience, passing of time and growing up is inevitable. Similarly, Peter Howitt’s film Sliding Doors conveys that many factors, regardless of how important or not they may seem, all contribute to change and its outcomes.

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